Chrysolite

Official Number
58190

The Chrysolite was built at the Whitehaven shipyard of Shepherd & Leech in June 1869. She is described in Lloyd's Register as a brigantine, but, like the Beckermet, had three-masts and was what would later become known as a barquentine. She was owned by G.Nelson & Co. of Whitehaven.

The Chrysolite was owned in Penzance from about 1888 to 1907, then Grimsby. Her registry was closed in 1918.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Chrysolite
1869
 159
95.6 
21.6 
12.0 
 
 
9 years A1, Special Survey 

Sources :

  1. CLIP website states there are archived crew lists available for this vessel, and that she was registered at Penzance from 1888 to 1907, and then at Grimsby in 1917.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1871-2: Chrysolite, brigantine, 159 tons, built by Shepherd, June 1869, at Whitehaven, owned by G.Nelson, registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.D.Nicholas, voyage Whitehaven - Ibrail.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1889-90: Chrysolite, wooden 3-masted schooner, 167 grt, official no.58190, signal letters JDCM, owned by J.Denley, registered at Penzance, master Capt.D.James.
  4. National Archives, BT 110/272/49 - the registry of the Chrysolite was closed in 1918.